- City:
- Jamaica, New York City, Queens, Springfield Gardens, NY
- Site Type:
- Parks and Recreation, Athletic Courts and Fields, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Works Progress Administration (WPA), Work Relief Programs
- Completed:
- 1939
Description
Springfield [Pond] Park was constructed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and were “turned over to the Park Department” on August 18, 1939.
“A three-acre lake, once a mosquito-breeding swamp, is the center of the Springfield Gardens development,” wrote The New York Times, “which embraces seventeen and one-half acres and includes an athletic field, a football gridiron, two basketball courts, two softball diamonds and more than 100 shade trees.”
Source notes
The New York Times: "City Acquires Two Parks Built by WPA in Queens," August 19, 1939 (pg. 1)
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 27, 2018.
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